NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday appealed to all tourists, visitors and local people who might have any more information, photographs or videos relating to the Pahalgam terror attack to immediately contact it. The probe agency has already taken possession of a sizable number of photographs and videos showing various aspects […]
JAMMU — Seven persons, including a woman and two children, were killed and 38 others injured Wednesday as Pakistan Army pounded dozens of forward villages with artillery and mortar shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Indian Army is responding to the shelling in equal measure, they said […]
SRINAGAR — The Counter Intelligence wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday detained a former journalist for allegedly disseminating extremist and distorted content on social media to disturb the peace, promote secessionist ideology, and present India “in a bad shape”, a spokesperson said. In a continued effort to curb the misuse of social […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday launched the Pension Suvidha portal, marking a significant step towards digitising the pension sanctioning process for government employees. The CM launched the portal at the Civil Secretariat here. Developed by the Finance Department, J&K, in collaboration with the National Informatics Center (NIC), and the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said security forces should tread cautiously in their hunt for Pahalgam terror attack perpetrators and ensure that no innocents are harmed in the process. “We all understand the situation. It will take time. We can neither deny the situation nor shut our eyes to […]
SRINAGAR — Mock drills would be conducted in six districts of the Kashmir valley on Wednesday, following the Union Home Ministry’s order, officials said. The drills would be conducted in Kashmir’s seven civil defence districts — Anantnag, Budgam, Baramulla, Kupwara, Srinagar, Uri (in Baramulla district), and Awantipora (in Pulwama district) – which are spread over […]
SRINAGAR — Two soldiers died and two others were injured when their vehicle fell into a gorge near the Line of Control in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The Army vehicle they were travelling in rolled down into a gorge at Reyala Murchana Road in Teetwal area of Karnah, they […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government’s top brass resumed functioning from the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on Monday after a six-month spell in Jammu, the winter capital. “Today, I resumed office at the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar after six months. The focus now is clear — action, accountability, and reaching every individual through good […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — At least four persons have been arrested for sexually assaulting a woman in the Nishat area of Srinagar, police said on Sunday. In a statement, police said, “A woman, originally from Reasi district and presently residing in Nishat, was sexually assaulted by some individuals near Water Works Road in Nishat. She sustained […]
SRINAGAR — Residents of a village in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir recovered the body of a youth on Sunday amid allegations that the deceased was picked by security forces for questioning in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said there were serious allegations of foul play in the […]